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2182 matches to Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd
Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd. 1916. World’s first airline, Britain.
Dornier, Claudius. 1884-1969. German aircraft designer. First all-metal airplane, 1911.
Fokker, Anthony. 1890-1939. Dutch/German/ US aircraft engineer for Germany, WWI. Remote control plane, 1919.
Heinkel, Ernst. 1888-1958. German. First turbojet aircraft.
Land, Edwin. 1909-91. US inventor of Polaroid filter 1932, camera 1947, range-finder, anti-aircraft sights during WWII.
Mitchell, Reginald. 1895-1937. English designer of Spitfire aircraft.
Whittle, Frank. 1903-96. British. Invented jet aircraft 1930 First flown 1941.
American Colonization Society. 1816-1912. Transported blacks to Liberia.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Devil’s Island. French Guiana. South American penal colony 1854-1946.
French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.
Mann Act. 1910. US law prohibits transport of women across state lines for immoral purposes.
Nationalization. Siezing of private enterprises by government with or without compensation. 1946-9 England: Banks, Railways, Mines, Steel, Electricity, Gas. 1946-9 France: Coal, Electricity, Gas, Transport. 1918 Russia: Banks, Insurance, Industry. 1951 Iran: Oil.
New South Wales. 1788-1852 British colonize with transported convicts. 1856 Self-government. 1901 Australia.
Tasmania. 1642 Tasman discovers = Van Diemen’s Land. 1803-52 British penal settlement. 1856 Self-government = Tasmania. 1901 Australia.
Tolpuddle Martyrs. 1834. 6 British farmworkers transported despite protests for union organizing.
Transportation. Removal of criminals to a distant place. 1783-1868 British send 160,000 to Australia. 1854-1946. French send to French Guiana. 1710- Russia banishes to Siberia.
Abbadids. 1023-91. Moslem dynasty in Andalusia.
Abbeville Treaty. 1258. England returns Normandy to France.
Abd al-Mumin. 1094-1163. Founded Almohad Empire in north Africa and Spain. Massacred Almoravids.
Abd ar-Rahman. -732. Moslem Governor of Andalusia. Def, killed at Poitiers.
Abd el-Krim. 1882-1963. Fought France and Spain in Morocco. Founded Republic of Rif 1921-26.
Abel. Old Testament. Second son of Adam and Eve. Killed by Cain.
Abjuration, Act. 1581. Dutch declaration of independence from Spain. Republic 1588.
Abo, Treaty. 1743. Sweden cedes SE Finland to Russia.